Wow. Simply beautiful sketchnote work from Amanda Wright of a Design of Understanding talk by Timo Arnall & Alan Patrick.

Be sure to see the full set and all of Amanda's wonderful sketchnote work.

Love this sketchnote comic created by Thea Meyers of Optimal Usability, a usability consultancy in New Zealand.

More great sketchnotes from Rasagy Sharma from Droidcon India for a talk called Humanize the Android

Humanize the Android original slides can be found on Slideshare.

One of Jen Myers' first sketchnotes, this from Brad Colbow's It's the Little Things talk at CodeMash. Great example that shows how a sketchnote can be two pens, a couple outlines/arrows/boxes, and words and still be super engaging.

Loving this bold red and black sketchnote captured at Eurosonic Noorderslag by Erik van der Pluijm, creative director for Business Models, Inc.

From Erik's blog post about the sketchnote:

Sketchnotes are a really interesting visual way to capture a story. They are made live, as the story is told. An image can capture a huge amount of information. It is much easier to re-tell the story using sketchnotes than it would be using written notes, as the images help you to remember what has been said. More clues for the brain means better recollection! Don’t you want to keep your story alive and fresh?

Great work Erik!

Love, love LOVE these illustrative sketchnotes from Erin McHardy, captured at a talk by Doug March. Check out her full sketchnotes collection on Flickr

Quick sketchnote from Thinknow's presentation at LuxCHI by Ross Belmont. Love how he captured the essence of it... now that is a lean sketchnote!

Washington DC UX designer Veronica Erb captured sketchnotes from the talks given at UX Camp DC 2012. Check out her entire UX Camp DC set on Flickr for more.

I am seriously loving how Veronica's style is changing over time. What started out as primarily text-based has morphed into fun illustrations and a larger page size so the sketchnotes can breathe. Yay for white space! That is something I need to work on in my notes. I try to jam too much in a single page these days.

These are Veronica Erb's notes from Josh Clark's virtual seminar about how buttons are a hack. Great work!

Here's a great opportunity to learn sketchnoting from Alexis Finch, in San Francisco on January 17th and/or 31st, 2012 at pariSoma Innovation Loft:

Sketchnotes are a visual form of note-taking that can include drawings, various lettering sizes and styles, color, icons, arrows, boxes and more — whatever works for you. And the best part is that you don’t have to be a creative genius to do it. It’s called Sketchnoting, not Art School!

This class has three sessions. Students may take just one session but are encouraged to take all three of the series as they build upon each other. Those with a visual arts background will still benefit as a certain looseness is needed for rapid sketching, which we will be covering in this class. To purchase a ticket for just one of the sessions, click here and choose the right date. For attending the complete class-series, you can purchase it on this eventbrite site.

We will be listening to RadioLab WNYC as our source material for sketchnote practice.

Sign up today at the registration page on Eventbrite.